Tag: nucleic acid

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TWiV 162: Transcription

December 18, 2011
Tagged as: cap, dna dependent rna synthesis, nucleic acid, pol I, pol II, pol III, polyA, polymerase, rna splicing, transcription, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Rich, and Alan continue Virology 101 with a discussion of transcription, the process of making mRNA from a DNA template.

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TWiV 60: Making viral RNA

November 29, 2009
Tagged as: genome, genome replication, influenza virus, mRNA, nucleic acid, poliovirus, polymerase, rabies virus, reovirus, RNA, RNA polymerase, rna replication, rotavirus, viral, virology, virus

Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how RNA viruses produce mRNA and replicate their genomes.